Seeing that Liverpool's performance in the league is even worse than in the previous life, and it is still deep in the relegation zone, George's heart can be said to be extremely surprised. He originally thought that even without Gerrard, with Benitez's coaching ability, he should be able to lead Liverpool to achieve a good result in the new season, and at least it would not be a problem to retain a European qualification.

However, the reality is so cruel. With many well-known stars such as Basturk, Robbie Keane, and Colwill, Liverpool, who have played two games less, have a bad record of three draws, three losses and one winless in the first six rounds of the 05-06 Premier League season. Although there are strong opponents in the opening stages (Tottenham Hotspur in the fifth round, Manchester United in the sixth round, Chelsea in the eighth round), it is a bit unreasonable that even teams of Sunderland and Birmingham City cannot win it.

It can only be said that Gerrard's decision to leave Anfield this summer and join Tottenham Hotspur was too heavy a blow to Liverpool. Even if the Liverpool management then used Gerrard's transfer fee to add a lot of players to strengthen the squad, it would not be able to make up for the huge losses caused by the departure of the former Reds captain!

For Liverpool, Steven Gerrard is not only the team's number one star and tactical core, but also the soul and spiritual leader of the Reds. As long as he is present, no matter what kind of passive situation it is in, Liverpool has the possibility of turning the tables. And when he is not there, Liverpool will become a team whose spirit and backbone have been drained, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as two teams!

To get out of the current predicament, Liverpool can only hope that Benitez will come up with a solution as soon as possible to solve the after-effects of Gerrard's departure. Otherwise, the Reds will really have to fight for relegation this season!

At that time, the signature of Liverpool's top giants may be ruined due to poor results, and the financial situation will deteriorate even further!

Witnessing the team's dilemma of finding a win in the league, the Liverpool management did not have the slightest idea of reflection, but very simply threw this black pot directly on Benitez's head. In the eyes of these people who are old-fashioned and backward, the team's poor performance is the responsibility of the head coach!

Well, that's right, it's the responsibility of the head coach, and it has nothing to do with the management's ineffective recruitment and inability to retain the team's generals!

So, at this time, the pressure on Benitez's shoulders is the greatest. The Spanish coach not only has to bear the criticism and blame from the fans and the media, calming the emotions of the players so that they can concentrate on the game, but also dealing with the irresponsible behavior of the management, which can be called a real pressure.

MMP, I knew that Liverpool was such a big hole, it was better to stay in Valencia, at least the coaching pressure there is not as great as Liverpool! At this moment, Benitez can be said to be extremely regretful, thinking that jumping to Liverpool is the most wrong decision in his coaching career!

However, no matter how much dissatisfaction there is, Benitez does not dare to resign voluntarily at this time - who made him the manager of Liverpool now? Even for the sake of fame and jobs, he must bite the bullet to bring the Reds to a good position before he can consider getting out of the fire pit of Liverpool!

You know, for managers, the biggest fear is to play a terrible result when they are in charge of a team that is recognized as a strong team. Because in this way, if they want to coach a club of the same level with a disgraceful record on their resumes, the possibility will become extremely slim!

The most typical example is Benitez's predecessor in Valencia, Cooper, who was once famous in European football. The Argentine coach became the target of invitations from all European giants with his eye-catching records in Mallorca and Valencia, and even almost made Inter Milan take off the hat of not winning the league for N consecutive years in his first season in charge of the Nerazzurri, but his conservative and dull style of play and the chronic disease of basically no win in the dialogue between the strong and strong people made people's reputation for him continue to decline, and was finally fired by the impatient Moratti, and then stayed out of people's sight, and never coached a club that can be called a strong team again.

Therefore, in order to avoid ending up like Cooper, Benitez must bring the team out of the current predicament as soon as possible, and not let the management have the mind of changing the coach halfway!

Now for the main business. After a narrow one-goal win at home to Charlton Athletic, Tottenham Hotspur had another international break on October 15 in the ninth round of the Premier League against Everton, who are currently tied with Liverpool as vice-league leader.

To say that Everton is also unlucky, although the toffees in this life were not killed by UEFA in the group stage because of the butterfly effect brought by George, and they got a ticket to the League Cup safely, but at the beginning of the season, the core of the midfield Arteta was injured and missed for two months, and Phil Neville, who was supposed to be the captain, was poached by George to Tottenham, which caused Everton, who was already lacking in bench depth and facing a two-line situation, to become worse and worse after the start of the new season. It is for these reasons that Everton and Liverpool are brothers and sisters, tied for the bottom of the table.

Everton's examples are numerous in European football. For example, in the previous two years, Celta and Real Sociedad played extremely eye-catching performances in the previous season, and the latter even almost won the La Liga championship, but in the following season, the two teams were mired in relegation in the league because of distraction from the European competition, and the former was unable to climb out of this pit because it was too big to dig until the end.

That's the sadness of a team like Everton. They may have a strong squad that is enough to give the top giants a headache, but once they encounter a situation of multi-front combat, they will become this miserable situation due to the depth of the bench.

In order to achieve a good result in the UEFA Cup and make a name for himself as a club, Moyes had to grit his teeth and adopt a rotation strategy under the pressure of the team at the bottom of the league points, even if Everton's opponent was Tottenham, a top team!

Tim Cahill, Duncan Ferguson and Vermaelen, three of Moyes' most relied on absolute mainstays, were not in the starting line-up, and the Scotsman's attitude towards this game speaks for itself!

In the face of such an Everton team, Tottenham will naturally not let go of a great opportunity to beat the Reservoir Dogs. Klose, who returned from the national team, showed excellent form in this game, and it only took a first-half effort to kick three times in a row, helping Tottenham Hotspur to beat the Toffees 3-0 at home, and continue to lead the table ahead of Chelsea, who also won a big win at home!

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